Monday, December 03, 2012

The Daily packs it in

Above is the image of today's cover of The Daily, which has announced it will publish its final edition on Dec. 15. I've had a subscription for a while; at a buck a week, it's a cheap read, even though it's (to be blunt) a dollar a week more than many other sources for online news. I'll be writing my column for the Telegram this week on the Daily's demise.

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The Daily packs it in

Above is the image of today's cover of The Daily, which has announced it will publish its final edition on Dec. 15. I've had a subscription for a while; at a buck a week, it's a cheap read, even though it's (to be blunt) a dollar a week more than many other sources for online news. I'll be writing my column for the Telegram this week on the Daily's demise.

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Why Dot Dot Dot?

That is, where did this blog get its name?

Dot Dot Dot is Morse code for the letter 'S,' the full message Guglielmo Marconi claimed to have received atop Signal Hill in St. John's in 1901. It ushered in the age of telecommunications. My maternal grandfather worked as a telegraph operator for Canadian Marconi on Signal Hill for many years.
As well, I have a habit of overusing the ellipsis when I write ... as frequent readers might notice.